the, the, this is dw news why, from berlin? ukraine says it is facing a tough situation with a new russian offensive. kiva tends to strengthen its positions and is sending reinforcements through hawk eve as russia claims gains in the region. it's surprise or offensive. it's prompting mass evacuations, also coming up is really forces push deeper into gaza, southern city of ruffled after the netanyahu administration expands and evacuation order. some 300000 people are set to have flood the area as the u. n. warrens of an epic disaster. if israel for susan outright invasion of the crowded city and switzerland, nemo live surprised at the eurovision song contest in sweden winning with their

song, the code about their journey as a person who identifies as non binding the unlike local welcome. we begin in ukraine, where thousands more civilians have fled. russia is renewed, ground defensive on the north, eastern front chief has sent reinforcements to the border of the hard key region where there are intense battles with artillery and mortar fire. russia says it has captured several villages, ukraine's military chief admitted the situation is difficult, but said his forces are doing every thing to hold defensive lines and positions. russian shilling have fet homes. i believe that down off of chance, that evidence here are picked one by one by the rescue teams,

or somebody on unsteady legs and pneumonia for them, the water has come to close. once again, lucian sports occupied production troops after the full scale invasion in february 2022. it was liberated that september and has been sporadically should since then. these days and nights something terrible is going on. may god protect us. you lie down and think whether they would kill you now or in an hour or 3. many are leaving, not knowing when and if they will return to their homes, smoke and roaming at the last memories that taking with them. we drove through functions in the town satisfied i can't look at this without tears . everything is shaking. that's empty. we didn't sleep these 2 nights

at all. russian forces have been slowly, but that is the pressure thing that you premium defense as you can see if it's fighting back, but it's submitted to stent is depleted with the supplies from a long delayed american. a package out only beginning to trick those, to the front lines to the w corresponded max and are in chief, told us more about the situation in the hockey region. right, michael. so the situation in the north east of the heart of the region remains very serious. fighting is still going on going or ever since again, on the, on friday from what we're hearing, reserve forces were sent to the area. now the question is, if additional forces are going to be sent or it can be, can be spared. from what we know is that russia managed russian troops managed across the border in the northeast of our 2 region,

northeast of the city of harkey at to 2 different areas. so essentially opening up a uh, additional direction, an additional uh, additional front from what the russians are cleaning, at least 6 villages were seized. and from what we know, the cleanings are saying that at least 4000 people were evacuated from the effected regions from regions where, where we're fighting is, is ongoing. now defense command and she's going to assist to acknowledge the russian incurs, acknowledged that this is a very serious situation. but i'll also today came out and said that some of the crating forces are, are pushing back and, and doing everything possible to, to send the russians back across the board. what's the sense on the ground? max is the fear that russia is gearing up for a full assault to take our keys. it's probably a little bit too early to say, but from the just looking at the location and the force that is being used. it

doesn't seem very realistic that this is, that the russia is actually trying to attempt to take control of how to use. it seems more likely um that this is a distraction that the idea is to move troops from other parts of the front line where there's heavy fighting going on. for example, in the trust of you out or of you is cuz direction move. some of these troops to that usually opened up frontline and thereby opening up an opportunity for the russians. and that in that part, an additional theory is that the russians are trying to create a buffer zone. ukraine in the past has usually in retail and retaliation, attacked. the builder with provence of the city of beverly used the area as a staging ground for drone attacks. there have been cross border incursions on conducting from the, from the print inside. so creating a buffer results could make it less likely for these attacks to be successful.

while we're at it, we should mention, there are images now coming out of russia, of a destroy department blog in the city of belk allows, which you just mentioned. what can you tell us about that? right, so um the cctv footage emerged of said apartment block collapsing during the day. it's not exactly clear what exactly the connection is or if there was any connection between these events and the situation there. um, and this, this collapse going the, according to the russian health ministry, at least 17 people were injured. during this attack, the russians say that a soviet era, michelle used by the ukrainians was intercepted additive re let's to the collapse of the parts of this residential building. and the ukranian authorities have not responded to that as of yet. but commentators have raised a or have, have, have mentioned that this perhaps could have also been the responsibility of the

russian side such as a fail glide, bond attempts, blake, light bomb attack or a false flag attack. that could be an indicator for something happening in the future. got it that's a dw corresponded mac sander in key. many thanks max to the one guns are now where israel has launched more strikes in the strip. after expanding its evacuation order for rasa, it has said some 300000 people have fled the area, the u. n. is warning of an epic disaster if israel pursues an outright invasion of the crowded city. this row says rafa is the last refuge of mos which walks the october 7th. the terrorist attacks is really military claims. people have fled to l . milwaukee, a sin coastal strip declared and expanded to manage here in the area. but for many displays, guidance, nowhere feel safe. leaving rafa behind with everything they can bring with them.

here the streets are filled with palestinians, packing up to go. many, what clear the choice to flee what was for months considered cause as last refuge was no choice. a tool ever picked up love, we have to evacuate, we have no choice. if i stay, i will die either death or displacement. this is the strategy of displacing here and the leaving because a few and you do coersion, we are leaving for the and the all the audience that these they are steve out on see if that's going to be kinda um the, hey, well that's good um, in general is based in rafa also heating these really all these evacuation orders for poor to is that immediate camp outside the quite the hospital in the center of the city said they to had no choice, but to leave the we have no words being lost and confused. what should we do? we could be possibly go things jumbled up. we don't know what to do. must have seen

it. you know, i meant. but the risk of remaining earl to clear yet more palestinians killed by his railey, asked right to ride to the hospital. throughout the day. this man lost his brother obviously what they were peaceful civilians who had nothing to do with the resistance. they were wearing their robes when they were killed without any prior warnings. but these rally all me insistence operations and rafa or targeted and already taking that total amount of mass is false is a brief look now at some other stores making use at this hour, lithuanians or caching their votes in a presidential election at a time when anxieties are high over russia, russian gains on the battlefield and ukraine are fueling greater fears about moscow's intentions with the baltic country miscellaneous declared independence after the collapse of the soviet union. voters in spain,

catalonia region have begun casting ballots in an election that could determine the influence of the separatist movement. opinion polls suggests that spanish prime minister pedro's sanchez's socialist or ahead of the hard line separatist party separators have held the regional government for more than a decade. floods and lance lights have hit. china is south western blanche regions following heavy rainfall. rescue teams have been evacuating residents to safety using both to rental rain has impacted several cities across southern china. usually caution changes and evacuation order has been issued for the canadian town of fort mcmurray, alberta, and out of control. wildfire is raging near the major oil town. the government has warned that canada faces another catastrophic was 5 season. after enduring its worst ever last year. i, a switzerland nemo, has one to you,

a vision song contest becoming the 1st contest and who identifies as non binary to take home to price the most song, the code is a drum and bass oper wrap and walk to about the fingers journey of self discovery as a non binary identifying person, the annual contest is billed as a feel good celebration of europe's diversity and organizers and says the event is non political. but this huge contest was mired in politically charged controversy. for weeks, thousands of pro palestinian demonstrators march through the streets of the whole city. most we did against israel's participation. journalist, pole res, follow de your vision final in melma, i asked him what exactly it was about nemo. that made him stand out among a group of stand out and i was a, as a combined camera, run reports manually covering the demonstrations and bound by. but from what i

understand from, well i from what i saw from inside name i was just considered to have a very good voice on a day when some of the back to night in the office such as always, alexander buquet, will consider to if i'm not i'm not done justice to themselves, likely. i'm also a name of being a, being a great performer from what, from what i've seen of it. so it seems that, that, that's the reason, but i think there was also a lot of relief from prototypes design inside the arena. that name, i wanna know is ro mm. what were the reactions to the final outcome at the venue and across the media landscape as well? it's a very complicated picture and sweden is a very tolerant society. um, you know, it's a po on a huge police operation in order to make sure the demonstrations went off safely, to protect the, to protect the public,

the protect demonstrators from come and take the saying that the police operation is the biggest that sweet. and is that a had but, and the thing, you know, i had reinforcements from, from norway, from denmark, on the, the right to, for people to protest is incredibly strong in sweden, at the same time, common types and some of the sweetest media today. for example, in spends guy at dog blog at s b date, saying that it's sweet and last this event because having to have such a huge security of your ration around the music festival, with snipers on the roof. drones, huge police operation said something about the fact that that can be such a stretch around around the competition. we heard from members of the jewish community, he said they feel for us and we come, we can't stand back up. what we do now is the, the protests went off pretty much a 100 percent peacefully, but that was a huge police operation around it. and, you know, it certainly doesn't appear. the organizers succeeded in keeping the event non

political this year. i know that's a statement and not a question, but i wonder how you follow up with that. you know, i absolutely. the microwave was, it was impossible. um and you know, the, the pain broadcasting union said they want the compensation to be a political a. that's why israel were allowed to a lot. stay in. they've made a statement. the russians broadcast the bro, cuz i rules in 2022, and i said the israel, haven't they asked aiden, go on. i demanded that she changed the name from october. rain to reference to a mouse is attacked in october through hurricane and timed on the lyrics. and so they claim that it was a political as well. obviously the demonstrations outside didn't think that that was correct and felt it was hypocritical to allow his routes protest by instead of russia. well, we do know it has been incredibly complicated competition this year and one that

sweet a little bit really desire for in any case that is a journalist, paul res. thank you, sir, for your time and interview with the executive director of the us. the show a foundation is next to stay with us. if you can, the we are all set we are watching to see him to bring you the story behind the new the will on about com, biased information for free might say due to me in the .